Aims

King Edward VII and Queen Mary Schools curriculum aims are:

• To provide children of compulsory school age with full-time supervised education, which gives pupils experience in linguistic, mathematical, scientific, technological, human and social, physical, and aesthetic and creative education.
• To provide students who are above compulsory school age with a stimulating curriculum and programme of activities that meets their needs.
• To enable all children to learn and develop their skills to the best of their ability in relation to their age, using subject matter appropriate for the ages and aptitudes of pupils, including those pupils with a statement.
• To meet the educational requirements of those children with statements; to review annually provision for those students with statements, whether placed by parents or the local authority and the required curriculum as set out in the statement (including the full National Curriculum, if this is specified).
• To teach children the basic skills of speaking and listening, literacy, numeracy and information technology (ICT).
• To promote a positive attitude towards learning, so that children enjoy coming to school and acquire a solid basis for lifelong learning.
• To enable children to be creative and to develop their own thinking.
• To teach children about their developing world, including how their environment and society have changed over time.
• To help children understand Britain's cultural heritage.
• To enable children to be positive citizens in society and in particular to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
• To provide a programme of personal, social and health education that reflects the school's aims and ethos.
• To provide careers guidance for children of secondary age.
• To teach children to have an awareness of their own spiritual development, and to understand right from wrong.
• To help children understand the importance of truth and fairness, so that they grow up committed to equal opportunities for all.
• To enable children to have respect for themselves and high self-esteem, and to be able to live and work co-operatively with others.